HC Deb 18 January 1940 vol 356 cc255-6W
Mr. Lyons

asked the Postmaster-General the number of depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank; and the aggregate amount of their deposits at the latest convenient date in 1940?

Captain Waterhouse

The number of depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank at 4th January, 1940, was approximately 11,750,000, and the aggregate amount of their deposits was £552,380,000.